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Re: Quote of the Day [2]: Larry Greenemeier
From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:15:01 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org> wrote:
: "A recent Government Accountability Office report noted the difficulty : of linking data theft to identity theft, but the U.S. Secret Service is : having no such problems." : : Nice one, too. :-) : : http://www.informationweek.com/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201001 100 Citing one instance out of 500+ data breaches doesn't invalidate the GAO
report. No doubt there will be other cases, but I think the gist of the report was that despite the large number of breaches, only a small percentage result in identity theft or fraudulent charges that anyone can determine.
True enough. But it is still a great quote. :-) - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.2 (Build 2014) wj8DBQFGlsQAq1pz9mNUZTMRAljIAJ4nMyliy1bsvdjiXJ/uTKUcGJwe1gCg23l6 1oo3wndkHVXOfgeSSX2bJu8= =BMMy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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